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I don't care what the FDA said when they put this drug back on the market... I have spoken to many oncologists in major hospitals and they have no doubt that 4 years of Actos caused my bladder cancer. Shame on the FDA for giving in to pressure once again.
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The UCLA Center for India and South Asia presents Parthiv Shah in a"Monday mela" noon lecture.
Monday, October 24, 201112:00 PM - 1:00 PMBunche Hall, Room 10383
Parthiv Shah is a Fulbright Scholar visiting UCLA from his home in New Delhi, India, where he serves as the founder-director of the Centre for Media and Alternative Communication. Prof. Shah is a photographer, filmmaker, and graphic designer. He has made several documentary films, curated exhibitions, and has several photo-books to his credit, including books on street children and transgenders in India. He has taught about photography and design in India and beyond, including at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Growing up in a family of artists and through his own professional training, he brings an interesting intersection of art, photography and design to his work.
Lately Prof. Shah has been particularly interested and engaged in working on the issue of image perception and representation. His visual journeys have lead him into working with communities which are finding a mainstream voice. Parthiv loves traveling, cooking food, listening to music and flying kites.
I will be presenting work created at the Centre for Media and Alternative Communication (CMAC). CMAC works in the field of culture, design and media. Its role has been to create an interface between artists from different genres, to facilitate and to provide a platform for production, cultural exchange of art and ideas, and dialogue in the visual and performing arts. A key objective of the organization is conceptualizing and implementing specially designed productions mounted on excellent technological skills. Over nearly a decade the organization has developed projects and campaigns through different art practices such as new media design, performance, video, public and community based art and dialogue, sound and other experimental modes of cultural production.
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Due to its 32nm HKMG low-power process and power-saving design, the Exynos 4 Quad has two-times the processing capability over the 45nm process based Exynos 4 Dual while consuming 20% less power. To improve power efficiency, Samsung adopted hot-plug functionality to support on-off switching for each core as well as the per-core dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), which offers a dramatic reduction in power consumption by adapting different levels of voltage and frequency when changing workloads.
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Sura Kebab House - This restaurant specializes in Turkish cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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KNIGHTS captain Danny Buderus has ruled out playing for NSW again, saying it was Robbie Farah's ''time to shine'' on the State of Origin stage.
The 34-year-old former NSW and Australian skipper was Blues coach Ricky Stuart's first-choice dummy half for this year's series until a recurrence of Achilles tendonitis ruled him out of contention for the first game in Melbourne last Wednesday.
That opened the door for Farah, who was one of the Blues' most creative and effective players in their 18-10 loss to Queensland, then he backed that up with a man-of-the-match performance in leading Wests Tigers to a 26-18 victory over the Cowboys at Campbelltown last Sunday.
Farah's form, his own health and fitness, and his desire to help lead the Knights out of their slump had combined to convince Buderus his Origin career was behind him.
Buderus was disenchanted by Country Rugby League president Jock Colley's negative reaction to his decision to decline Country Origin selection last month.
''For me, May was a write-off with all the negative publicity that I copped and received for that City-Country,'' Buderus said.
''That was nothing that I ever planned, to be involved in a game like that. I came back here to be a Knight, and I've said that before.
''It's not my time. It's for someone like a Robbie Farah, and he's taken it with both hands. It's his time to shine, and he's playing really well.
''He played a great game in State of Origin one, and he'll be picked for two and three hopefully. At the end of the day, I just want to see NSW win, and I want to see the Knights win.
''That's all I'm after. Since I've come back, that's all I wanted to do – be a Knight – and whether I get to play next year as well, I just want to play as many games as I can for this club and play at a consistent level and be in a great environment with a team going in the right direction.''
Buderus said he had recovered from a head knock suffered in Newcastle's 24-14 loss to the Titans at Hunter Stadium last Saturday and would be fit to lead the Knights against the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.
He said he was managing his Achilles condition, and he was over a dose of flu that laid him low for much of last week, but Newcastle's miserable form and the response from their supporters had done little to lift his spirits.
''It wasn't a good week, really, having the flu and what not, and the Achilles, so it just topped the night off with a head knock and a loss,'' Buderus said.
''It wasn't a good Sunday. You had a lot of thoughts going through your mind but you have to get rid of them and turn them into some positive ones, and roll in today pretty upbeat, because we've got another mammoth task on Sunday against Brisbane.
''Just the belief and the confidence, that's the big thing.
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''The fans can't help us out. It's up to us as a group, to go out there and know what we can do, and at least play with a lot of passion.''
Buderus said he would wait until later in the season to decide whether to play next year.
''I want to see where I'm at with my head space. It's a tough time – it's a roller-coaster ride with the ups and downs of the competition – so I'll look at it and see where I go from here,'' he said.
''I'm really keen to play but I know this is a tough time, and I want to be here to help the Knights out and do everything I can for the place.''
Coach Wayne Bennett has included specialist hooker Chris Adams on the bench to provide back-up for Buderus against the Broncos, and off-contract prop Richie Fa'aoso has been recalled. They will replace utility Matt Hilder and Catalans-bound back-rower Zeb Taia.


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I bought the plow last year, when installing the frame, I had to use a jack to bend one tube to get it to hook, It was sitting to low even using the spacer included. After I got it hooked up, it worked fine, but you could see 2 small bends in each tube from lifting the plow up were it hits the frame. I have to use the plow a couple times this year (new England snow) and the tube on the right side snapped off, it was a really bad weld, the weld came off clean, looks like they tried welding over paint. This is the plate holding the blade to the frame. Since that happened it caused the tube to bend. I had to cut all the welds off re bend the tube and re weld the frame, could of made my own frame i will see how it works I would if you to spend the extra money since I have 6 hours redoing the frame. NOTE: Set up is no good If you have a brush guard on the front the angle causes the wench cable to snap by going up and down and rubbing on brush guard. Buy with caution if the frame did not snap and twist and bend it does push snow.Read All Reviews
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For the first time in recent years, policymakers don't have a major financial crisis to grapple with at this year's World Economic Forum (WEF), which gets under way on Wednesday.
Instead, political and business leaders are set to focus on how to inject confidence and stability into the global economy. They will be aiming to reconcile creating employment and reducing income inequality with achieving growth.
Deep divisions remain over how best to achieve this: freeing businesses to do what they do best or increasing government intervention to boost the labor market.
The former would encourage the process of creative destruction, allowing capital to flow to sectors that are the most productive through mergers and acquisitions and private equity.
The latter would allow greater job protection for workers, while asking them to make compromises, along the lines of Germany's model — which helped shield it from major job losses during the financial crisis.
"It's time to recognize the voice of labor and work with labor, we know how to get this job done," Philip Jennings, General Secretary of labor union UNI Global told CNBC. "We can fix this, give us a seat at the table, we can fix this, we are part of the solution."
Jennings said the general employment picture was "very bleak." The International Labor Organization (ILO) said in its annual report on Tuesday that global unemployment would hit a record high in 2013 and could continue rising until 2017. The ILO forecasts unemployment numbers will rise by 5.1 million in 2013 to reach 202 million and will rise to 205 million in 2014.
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"It's time to put the money sitting in those cash mountains to work, people are desperate to work. They are looking for quality jobs and a decent wage … the world needs a pay rise," Jennings said.
John Studzinski, senior managing director at private equity firm Blackstone agreed that there was a need for corporates to pay attention to job creation.
"It's an essential issue because otherwise you're going to have a lost generation of unemployed. CEOs have got to focus on it, it has to be a tier one issue and it still isn't," he said.
Both Jennings and Studzinski agreed the German model of labor contracts worked very well.
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Jennings added that Germany had "weathered the storm" because they had kept up apprenticeship programs and protected workers. But he also hit out at private equity, an industry that has been accused of slashing jobs to improve efficiencies in companies it invests in.
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Venema Creek Natural Drainage System
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See the map on the right for the project area and the following PDFs for conceptual designs.
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The Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Checklist and Determination of Non-Significance were issued on March 13, 2014. The environmental impacts of the Venema Creek Natural Drainage System project have been analyzed and SPU has issued a Determination of Non-Significance:
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Public Drop-in Session – December 2013
The Venema Creek Natural Drainage System project team hosted a public drop-in session on December 10 for residents and nearby neighbors to see the latest plans. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about choices for landscape design and plant selection, and chat one-on-one with the project team. Thank you to everyone who stopped by! In case you missed the drop-in session, please find the meeting materials below:
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In early 2014, the project team will continue refining the final design. Construction is anticipated to begin in mid-2014. Please stay tuned for more information about construction schedule and anticipated impacts.
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Venema Creek is a tributary that flows into Piper's Creek in North Seattle. This project is to construct a series of naturalistic "conveyance swales" to channel rainwater off the street, to treat it to remove pollutants, and to allow it to seep slowly into the soil.
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- Improve water quality in Venema and Piper's Creek, and Puget Sound
- Provide additional green space and vegetation to reduce air and water pollutants while improving the pedestrian and street experience
- Develop a natural drainage system in an area lacking formal drainage infrastructure
At present, technical analysis is being done to determine the suitability for broader application of deep groundwater recharge in the Broadview area.
Project Timeline
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Related Documents and Links
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January 2013 Public Meeting Materials (pdf)
Stormwater found toxic to salmon (KOMO News)
How natural drainage systems filter pollutants (Sightline article)
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Last week, it came out that Danny DeVito and our former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are doing a sequel to their movie "Twins," and that the sequel will be called "Triplets." Super creative, I know. Never heard of "Twins"? Well, that might mean you're 24 years old or under, because it came out 24 years ago in December of 1988.
Who's the triplet in the title? Why, their long-lost brother played by Eddie Murphy of course. As Schwarzenegger explained to ComingSoon.net when discussing the idea before Murphy was cast, "I'd find somebody like Eddie Murphy or someone that people would say, 'How does that happen, medically speaking?' and, 'Physically, there's no way!' Then, somehow, we would explain it. That would be hilarious with what we know about someone like him."
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Lead investigator Jane C. Khoury, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, stated that, "Our results suggest that diabetics aged under 65 have up to a 12-fold increased risk of stroke compared to people of a similar age who do not have diabetes." "In the over 65s, there was still an increase in stroke of about 2- to 3-fold in diabetic patients."
Dr. Khoury suggested that the reason for the larger increase in younger patients is that these individuals do not have as many other risk factors for stroke, so the presence of diabetes makes a big difference. "By the time patients get to their 70s, more other risk factors come into play so the individual effect of diabetes may not be so great," she added.
The data also suggest a race difference, with evidence of higher ischemic stroke risk in whites than blacks conferred by diabetes at almost all ages.
Noting that diabetes has previously been shown to be an important risk factor associated with poor post-stroke outcomes and disability, the researchers point out that the higher rates of stroke in patients with diabetes, especially in younger patients, may be associated with a higher burden of disability, productive life-years lost, and higher cost to society.
Dr. Khoury said her take-home message is: "We need to look out for patients susceptible to stroke and treat their risk factors. Our data show that diabetes is a very important preventable ischemic stroke risk factor. We need to make sure diabetics are well monitored, especially younger diabetics, and any other risk factors for stroke, such as hypertension, smoking, and AF [atrial fibrillation], are corrected in these patients. And this is another reason to be vigilant on diabetic control."
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Kickstarter campaigns for games have become all the rage since Double Fine used the site to rase almost $3.4 million for a new adventure game which is why I was a bit surprised to see the folks at Amplitude Studios deciding to go a different route for their new 4X game Endless Space. Instead of going with Kickstarter they created a new program called GAMES2GETHER where those funding the game can actually help shape the game instead of just sending money over a wall. Fortunately Jeff Spock, the Narrative Director and co-founder was able to answer a few of my questions on the new program.
Could you explain how you came up with the idea for GAMES2GETHER? Why not just do a Kickstarter like everyone else seems to be doing?
KickStarter is an amazing concept for a single project, but we are really creating a company for the long run, and we wanted more community interaction than what is proposed in KS. That's why we created the GAMES2GETHER concept.
KickStarter has been created to maximize players' "monetary investment". We have always wanted to maximize interaction with the players and make it fun and interesting for them. That's why the G2G concept includes votes, open Game Design Documents & discussions plus XP, Achievements & Awards on the forums. The fascinating part is that all the help and support the community is bringing, is simply amazing.
Kickstarter enforces a minimum amount of money to be raised before the project can start, do you already have the minimum you need to complete the project and are just augmenting the budget or is there a minimum you need to get the project to completion?
When we created the company we raised money with private investors and added most of our life savings. So the project budget is covered until its completion, including post-release game support (patch, expansions…), as we see the official release as just one step of the project's life. More people will come and play it when the game is officially released, so we'll get a lot more feedback then and it will give us even more inspiration for the following months ;)
The playable Alpha pre-order release this week is a great step for us, and its success (fingers crossed) will give us confidence on the game's potential -- which would be an amazing moral boost for the whole team. Because we're self-financed, the risk we're taking will get lower and lower the more we see the pre-orders increase, which will give us even more momentum to make the game as good as it can be!
How does GAMES2GETHER work? Are people buying points that they can then use to bid on features in the game?
That's not exactly it. Anyone can earn 100 G2G points by simply registering on our website. When you vote, you don't use up your G2G points. On the contrary, you can be in as many votes as you want, and each of your votes will 'weigh' 100 G2G points. The more points you have, the more your vote counts. Soon, being active on the forums will increase your G2G points, or you can buy a pre-order pack to increase them. Today you can only use them for Endless Space, but we also plan to use them on other upcoming projects.
So it's really a way to reward community members for their involvement and creativity.
We have weekly votes on topics as diverse as features to add, which visuals are better, new faction elements, gameplay… Soon the votes will expand to cover balance issues, patch priorities etc… Basically, anything that could be important for our players or is heavily discussed in the forums can be voted on.
Are you at all concerned that one or two people might take over the process and dominate the discussion? Have you put any constraints on the process so that your creative vision isn't going to be sacrificed at all?
It was one of our fears at first, but we were very positively surprised. I'll quote one of the community members "I'm very impressed with the level of maturity in the forum, the respect we treat each other with, … The community is diverse, we come from different parts the of world, have played different games, have different opinions".
One more important thing is that the team holds the general vision of the game, and we will not deviate. If we did, you could be sure that the game would never ship, and that is in no one's interest.
Moreover, sharing the Game Design Documents makes all the members aware of our vision, so everyone gives their opinion starting from the same basis which makes the whole process very constructive and we don't lose time explaining why some ideas are unrealistic versus the actual design.
So within our vision we authorize everyone to speak freely and share their views. So far the mood is great, very positive, and we don't have to moderate much. Because of the success of the boards, as we are very involved in our discussions with our community, we recruited a community developer so we could be even more reactive.
Is the feature discussion going to be mostly forum based or are you looking at other venues like live chats and Google Hangouts?
We are looking into live video conference solutions and into ways of meeting community members IRL.
The advantage with live video is that it would give our players that live far away from Paris a chance to interact with us and see how we work.
But if video conference is great, nothing can replace sharing a beer with the community. So let's hope that the coming months, which will be hectic dev-wise, will leave us enough time for these moments so we can all celebrate our first game's success together … ?
One of the cool things about the project is the progress bar you're showing on the webpage of the game. Why the decision to be this transparent? What happens when you have a hiccup in the schedule?
Well if we have a hiccup, you guys will be the first to know. What is the point of hiding the fact that – like every project – we'll run into some problems here and there?
Certain areas are very easy to quantify, like the art production. We know how long it takes to make a model from concept until it is integrated into the game. Some other parts, like tuning, are more difficult. The progress bar in that field represents more a matter of the designer's satisfaction than "progress"
Finally, we want the community to have as much info as possible, the more info they have, the more relevant our discussions, their feedback and our responses will be ;)
Most developers are loath to let early builds of the game outside the doors for any number of reasons, yet you're releasing an Alpha to folks. Are you at all worried that people may make decisions on the game based on an unfinished build or not?
Well, I'm sure that a few people will not be satisfied by it. I wouldn't be either, if I looked at it as a finished product. But as an Alpha, it is just an opportunity to get it where you want it to be, to get it to that final release.
Moreover, people are more and more used to "earlier-stage" versions with concepts such as crowd-funding, alpha funding, etc… That is also why we want to be transparent with the community, so they get a better understanding of the different dev milestones and can judge an Alpha for an Alpha.
We want people to play it, tell us what they would like to see improved, vote together on the priorities, and go on from there. The tricky part will be to keep everyone positive once the Alpha is live. Often players come onto forums to complain; players that like a game usually spend time playing it, rather than talking about it positively. But we're confident that with the G2G concept, our community will mainly be giving constructive feedback!
So although we provide the tools for our players to express themselves, we want to make it more than just "I yell – You fix!" We want to make it about an exchange, rewarding players for their participation and their positivism, and having great games come out of that rapprochement between players and developers.
Let's be honest, we will make mistakes regarding that early access approach, and we'll learn from them. I just don't want to end up like everyone else and give up on that, and keep our games' reveal for release only. I think as long as you can give a voice to your early players and show them progress on their most important issues, you should be able to stay on the right track.
We'd like to thank Jeff for taking the time to talk to us as well as Max for coordinating the interview.
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- Active Minds at Mount Holyoke College
- Box 9097
- Active Minds is a national group dedicated to education about mental health, reducing the stigma associated with mental illness and serving as a liaison between students and mental health resources around campus and in the community.
- Actuarial Club, MHC - Not Registered
- Box 9133
- MHC Actuarial Club promotes the work that actuaries do and raises awareness among members about the actuarial profession and the actuarial field in consultancy, pensions, insurance, and endowment. We encourage our members to "think beyond the numbers" by providing our members with opportunities: to meet and listen to qualified and partially qualified actuaries from various sectors; to broaden awareness on industry specific threads through "Actuarial Mini-Lecture Series"; to understand the various career options in the actuarial field; to enjoy while networking through social events such as company tours and the NY Actuarial Career Day.
- Advocacy Project - Not Registered
- Box 9176
- The Advocacy Project of Mount Holyoke College aims to affect social change by disseminating information, hosting human rights activists and speakers and fundraising for marginalized communities in conflict ravaged regions and post-conflict survivors. The college chapter aims to serve as a think tank, by hosting bi-annual lectures and publishing the discussions.
- Afghan Spirit - Not Registered
- Box 9075
- The mission of Afghan Spirit is to raise awareness about Afghanistan beyond media. It has been 10 years that American is fighting war on terror in Afghanistan, and the media has always emphasized on war. As a result, no one really knows about the culture or customs of Afghan, and all they is the destruction and war. The Afghan Spirit Will be focusing on spreading the culture, traditions, history, and the beautiful side of Afghanistan, and it is not war. The Afghan Spirits other mission is to engage Afghans and other students in peaceful conversations, hold events that will help community building.
- American Civil Liberties Union of Mount Holyoke College(ACLU) - Not Registered
- Box 9161
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Mount Holyoke College seeks to promote discussion and awareness of civil liberties issues and to safeguard civil liberties. We seek to protect and promote civil liberties on campus and in the surrounding area and to serve as an arm to the national and state parent organizations.
- Amnesty International, Mount Holyoke Chapter
- Box 9017
- Our vision is of a world in which every person regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other internationally recognized human rights standards.
- Anthropology Club
- Box 9078
- Arab Association, MHC
- Box 9063
- The Mount Holyoke College Arab Association aspires to increase awareness of the Arab world and its cultural essence. Those students in the Five-College Consortium that are interested in learning and being part of a unique cultural experience can join us in our activities and meetings that highlight the best parts of Arab culture. We hold various events throughout the year such as film screenings, cultural performances, hookah nights, poetry events and much more!
- Asian American Interpretive Realities (AIR) - Not Registered
- Box 9162
- Founded in 2000, AiR is a theater, spoken-word and comedy group that seeks to illuminate issues pertaining to Asian and Asian American communities, thus promoting social and political awareness and empowerment.
- Asian American Sisters in Action (AASIA)
- Box 9012
- AASIA aims to raise awareness on issues affecting Asians, Asian Americans, minorities and other communities of color; create a safe space for Asian, Asian American and minority students; fight social, economic and political injustice; and train and empower student leaders for change.
- Asian Students Association (ASA)
- Box 9001
- ASA is an inclusive organization aimed to celebrating Pan Asian heritage while increasing awareness of and appreciation for people of Asian decent and their varied cultures within Mount Holyoke and in the wider community.
- Association of Pan-African Unity - (APAU)
- Box 9002
- Association of Pan-African Unity (APAU) is a cultural organization at Mount Holyoke College (MHC) that serves as a safe space for students who are of the African Diaspora and individuals who believe and support the traditions, philosophies and values of APAU. Our objectives are to: a.) provide an atmosphere of community and concern within the organization so that the Mount Holyoke College (MHC) experience may be a positive one. b.) act as a cohesive unit addressing problems that are common to the group and its members. c.) celebrate and educate ourselves about the cultural and regional diversities of our members. d.) initiate and sustain communication with the organizations that embrace similar goals. e.) help the MHC community gain understanding of the backgrounds, problems, and relevant developments particular to people of the African Diaspora both within and outside the MHC community. f.) continually celebrate and affirm the aspects of our identities of which the African Diaspora is part.
- AWAZ (formerly South Asian Student Association)
- Box 9095
- Awaz is the Mount Holyoke College South Asian Students Association. It is a space to spread greater awareness and inspire appreciation of South Asian culture and heritage through cultural showcases, public dialogue and other interactive endeavors engaging those of the Mount Holyoke community and beyond.